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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged all Australians overseas, but especially those in or heading to China , Japan or South Korea, to register with the government's Smart Traveller website. In July, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests, which provoked a sharp response from the United States , Japan and South Korea. The explosion was around five to six times more powerful than the previous one, which was carried out in September a year ago.

They tell us turbulent weather in the Atlantic could affect us here in the Northland. "Wind will be the main impact across our area during Irma". "We'd like to encourage all of our customers to consider making preparations this weekend before there is the possibility for scattered outages early next week".

The low-lying Florida Keys will be struck first when Irma arrives on Sunday and authorities are reportedly considering withdrawing emergency teams from the islands. Branson also warned other people in the path of the storm to take all precautions. He said that Necker Island's buildings are strong and they have hurricane blinds but they have never been tested with a category 5 hurricane.

Irma is set to hit Florida as early as Saturday. But while not completely out of money yet, the agency is spending at a frantic pace. The storm's wrath could end up exceeding the $110 billion federal cost of recovery from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Amid speculations that the case may have hit a dead-end, given the fact that heavy rains following the murder had washed away fingerprints and hair samples, Ramalinga Reddy said on Saturday, "The SIT is investigating the case and there's progress, but I can not reveal everything to the media".

Putin expressed concern that cutting off oil supplies would hurt regular North Koreans , Yoon said. North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. Defense Ministry spokesman Moon said Thursday that the Moon administration informed China and other countries through diplomatic channels in advance about the plan to complete the deployment.